"Yuanzhou, Luo An invited us to dinner tonight at Old Ma Restaurant on East Main Street. Don't forget."
"Oh, got it. Aren't you coming in to sit for a while?"
"No, I need to return some books to the Skill Transmission Hall. If I'm any later, I'll miss the deadline."
Xing Youqing's footsteps faded into the distance.
Liu Yuanzhou sat up from his bed and stretched. He glanced at the timer on the table; there were still two quarters of an hour before work resumed in the afternoon.
He lay back down, his eyes sweeping over the calendar. After counting the days in his head, he realized that today was the thirteenth day since he had moved into the compound dormitory.
"Time really flies," he could not help sighing.
He had moved in the day after receiving the key to his dormitory. The dormitories provided for attendants were all gathered in one large compound. Against the mountain wall stood a row of more than a dozen cave dwellings, while a row of tiled houses stood outside. At present, housing was plentiful, so attendant disciples could choose either a cave dwelling or a tiled house according to their preference.
Naturally, Liu Yuanzhou had chosen a cave dwelling. Xing Youqing happened to live in the tiled house directly opposite his.
As for why Xing Youqing had not chosen a cave dwelling, he said that he wanted to experience a different kind of life, so he traded the cave dwelling for a tiled house.
Liu Yuanzhou could not understand Xing Youqing's way of thinking. He still felt that cave dwellings were more comfortable. But that did not affect their friendship. They got up early together to practice stance work in the mornings, went to the cafeteria together at noon, and practiced martial arts